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Currently in my page I am using this to refresh the page each minute:
<head>
...
<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="60" />
...
</head>
How instead, I want to refresh the page when a user presses the tab. Lets say a user has multiple tabs open in the web browser. And he uses a few minutes surfing on another tab. When he then press the tab for my website, I want the page to autorefresh, so the user don't have to do it himself to check for any updates on the page. How can I accomplish this?
347
asked Sep 08 '26 19:09
you should use js and visibility API:
include this small script in your html page:
<script>
document.addEventListener("visibilitychange", function() {
if (document.hidden){
console.log("Browser tab is hidden")
} else {
console.log("Browser tab is visible")
location.reload();
}
});
</script>
Adapted from here: Event for when user switches browser tabs
198
answered Sep 10 '26 20:09
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